It wasnt supposed to be like this :(

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You have the best of both worlds, I despise Epieros about as much as I despise Rome, you can conquer Italy, while its in Epeiros' hands.

Forget that FD mess. Cheat you some money, 40000 at a time then bribe the cities from Epeiros, or conquer them, then gift them to the Romans. Leave the Romans alone for about 25 years then war with them.

Ive kept several factions alive this way, or just flat out moved them so they could last longer. I almost always take Syrakousai, and Massila (naval invasions) and gift it to KH in my Mak games, unless I play KH. When I play a Mak campaign, its fun to see what KH does after I kick them out of Greece.

Im always saving AS's ass (blue or yellow death) this way, and sometimes I do it for Lusotannan, when I play Carthage.